Be careful what you wish for, I guess. In a recent interview, Andrew Garfield, the previous movie Spider-Man, mentions that he lobbied to get Spidey moved to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (or as I call it, the Liveverse because of the non-cinema connects to the shared universe).
“Um guys, a little help here?”
Sleepwalker #17
Marvel (October, 1992)
“Portals Of Power” finale “Doorway To Doom” WRITER/CREATOR: Bob Budiansky PENCILER: Bret Blevins INKER: Mike Manley COLORIST: Marie Javins LETTERER: Rich Starkings EDITOR: Don Daley
I’m all in favor of protecting the environment. However, some groups tend to take that to extremes. I’ll stop here before I get political, but it features into the two villains we’re looking at today: Poison Ivy and Ra’s Al Ghul. Both villains, in the cartoon anyway, were about protecting plants specifically or the Earth in general. And both agree that the enemy is the human race. And yet both had different approaches. Ra’s is near-immortal and has vast wealth while Ivy creates killer monster plants or works with Harley Quinn in order to fund her ultimate goal. Ivy is first on our list today. What was the initial approach to Ms. Pamela Isley?
At least their color schemes match up.
The Batman & Robin Adventures #8
DC Comics (July, 1996)
“Harley And Ivy And…Robin?” WRITER: Paul Dini ARTIST: Rick Burchett DIALOG: Ty Templeton (no, I don’t know what this credit means since he isn’t the letterer) COLORIST: Linda Medley LETTERER: Tim Harkins ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott Peterson
Comics adapting televisions shows is nothing new. Two of the pioneers of this were Dell (not to be confused with the computer manufacturer) and Gold Key, both extinct but playing a major role in comic history. Previews World will make you jealous seeing some of the shows you don’t get to see adapted into comics. I know I want those Hanna-Barbera superheros and Frankenstein Jr. comics. How many of you even remember some of these shows through syndicated reruns much less when they aired?
Get used to it, Kal. This is going to happen whenever the writers need to make you bad.
The Adventures Of Superman #514
DC Comics (July, 1994)
“Dangerous Visions” WRITER: Karl Kesel PENCILER: Pete Krause INKER: Ron McCain COLORIST: Glenn Whitmore LETTERER: Albert DeGuzman ASSISTANT EDITOR: Chris Duffy ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Frank Pittarese EDITOR: Mike Carlin
And thus a storyline concludes.
Way back when Stephanie Brown was being given the brushoff by DC I made a comic in which she, in her Batgirl costume, was tossed into a cell with three other castoffs–Connor Hawke, Wally West, and Cassandra Cain. One by one they were reported as joining the new DC Universe (although it was around a year if not longer since they announced Steph’s return as the Spoiler that she finally did), and now Cassandra is going to be returning. The cell is now empty.
Well, I’ve been sick all week which is why there weren’t any new posts here at the Spotlight or at The Clutter Reports. I’m feeling better so new articles are coming. There’s a change in the second Star Wars comic, however. You know how I said I had a few prequel comics, like the days before even the prequel trilogy? I don’t know where they are. So as we finish up Droids I’m jumping to the Super Mario Brothers comics (we have looked at Adventures Of The Super Mario Brothers previously). From there we’ll begin the Star TREK comics. Also for Marvel Tuesday I did find a Spidey Super Stories comic I couldn’t find, so we’ll be looking at that in the afternoon tie-in review before returning to 90s comics.
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Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
